Black Arts & Culture Feature: For much of the 20th century, the work of Harriet Powers, an enslaved and later emancipated Black folk artist, was erased from the art historical canon. It is especially surprising as experts deservedly consider her one of the most accomplished quilt makers of the 19th century. Little is known about the private life of Harriet Powers. She was born with slave status in Georgia in 1837. She married young, and once she was emancipated after the Civil War, both she and her husband became landowners. She gave birth to multiple children and spent her life…
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Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights Story Links Savannah, Georgia-The 2025 regular season ends for the women’s volleyball squad, while the 2025-26 season begins for the men’s & women’s basketball teams. We’ll cover everything as always in our latest installment of “This Week In Tiger Athletics”. Women’s Volleyball The SSU women’s volleyball squad looks to end their regular season on a positive note with two contests this week. On Tuesday, November 11th, the Lady Tigers head to Fort Valley, Georgia for a matchup against SIAC East Division leading Fort Valley State at 6pm. The regular season…
Tomorrow’s Tech, Today: Innovation That Moves Us Forward How does Andela balance short-term client needs with the long-term development of tech talent pipelines in the regions it sources from? “We are a talent marketplace that already has senior AI-fluent engineers to meet immediate client needs. But because AI is evolving so rapidly, skills will quickly become outdated. That’s why we’re investing heavily in continuous training and learning programs and leveraging partnerships with frontier tech companies. For instance, we recently partnered with the Cloud Native Computing Foundation to train 20,000 to 30,000 African technologists in cloud native basics — core infrastructure on which to…
From Hollywood to Home: Black Voices in Entertainment Sleigh your holiday hair! Celebrity hairstylist Sophie Rose Gutterman, who has worked with Emmy Rossum, Nicky Hilton, Karlie Kloss, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jackie Tohn, is spilling her mane do’s and don’ts for the upcoming holiday season with ET. While prepping for parties can feel stressful, Gutterman says keeping your strands low-key with high shine is essential for a festive celebration. “Start with moisture and a good leave-in product like the Curlsmith Moisture Memory Weightless Leave-In Release or Double Cream Deep Quencher to guarantee hydration and prevent frizz. … Apply it to wet hair from the…
Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights Next Match: at Fort Valley State University 11/11/2025 | 6:00PM Nov. 11 (Tue) / 6:00PM at Fort Valley State University History JACKSONVILLE, Fla.- Savannah State continued their road swing with a 3-0 setback from Edward Waters on Friday evening. In a match played at the Adams-Jenkins Complex, SSU lost the first set 25-22 which was followed by losses of 25-14 and 25-18. Savannah State and Edward Waters split their season series, with SSU winning the battle of the Lady Tigers 3-2 on October 17 in Tiger Arena. SSU made 22 errors in…
Wellness That Matters: Black Health News & Community Care Atlanta, GA — [Nov 5, 2025] — The Black Women’s Health Imperative (BWHI), the only national nonprofit solely dedicated to addressing the most critical health issues impacting Black women and girls, released preliminary findings from the largest cross-sectional online survey of U.S.-based Black women ages 30 to 65. More than 1,500 participants shared their experiences, offering a first-of-its-kind look at how Black women experience perimenopause and menopause. Menopause is gaining long overdue attention in mainstream culture, with celebrities, policymakers, and healthcare leaders beginning to address awareness and care. Yet this survey…
Scientific Research & Expedition: Discover the World With Research and Modern Technology Mu, X. et al. A beginning of the immunogenicity of fabricated insemination videotaped RNA. Nucleic Acids Res. 46 , 5239– 5249 (2018 Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Mu, X. & & Hur, S. Immunogenicity of in vitro-transcribed RNA. Acc. Chem. Res. 54 , 4012– 4023 (2021 Short Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Baiersdörfer, M. et al. An accomplished strategy for the removal of dsRNA pollutant from in vitro-transcribed mRNA. Mol. Ther. Nucleic Acids 15 , 26– 35 (2019 Blog Post PubMed PubMed Central Google…
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Faith & Reflection: Voices from the Black Church and Beyond (Image source: Joel Nihlean/Medium) The following excerpt comes from the book Trans Biblical: New Approaches to Interpretation & Embodiment in Scripture (Westminster John Knox Press, 2025), edited by Joseph A. Marchal, Melissa Harl Sellew, and Katy Valentine. The volume explores various ways to read Jewish and Christian biblical texts that account for gender variation. This excerpt comes from the book’s introduction. *** Gender variation is as ancient as stories about creation. That such a statement is simultaneously obvious to some and controversial to others is one very clear sign of…
Black Background & Cultural Viewpoints: Brownish Church A.M.E. Church in Selma, Alabama. Integrated in 1908 A start factor for the Selma to Montgomery Civil liberty marches of 1965 A memorial can be seen on the yard in the foreground. Public Domain Name Call Picture In 1866, lately released people in Selma, Alabama, incorporated for a petition activity. For time, they met in each various other’s homes. Throughout a conference in the storage of the Resort Albert, they established an African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) church, and one year later on, they were admitted right into the A.M.E. Link, making them a…